Check-controlled machine.



' A. D. ANTOINE & F. BLACK.

CHECK CONTROLLED MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-5. 1916.

1,210,882. Patented Jan. 2,1917.

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A. D. ANTOINE &F. BLACK.

CHECK CONTROLLED MACHINE.

APPLICATION man AUG-5, 191s.

Patented Jan, 2,1917. 2 SHEET$SHEET 2 1 z "mums PETA'RS m. Pnom-urnm. wumNumu, lz'r.

UNITED STATES-PATENT orrron.

ALFRED D. ANTOINE AND FLOYD BLACK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AS SIGNORS TO ADVANCE MACHINE (10., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CHECK-CONTROLLED MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ALFRED D. ANTOINE and FLOYD BLACK, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Controlled Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in check controlled machines and more particularly to machines of the type whereby the operator upon depositing a check of the proper character and manipulating the machine, will receive an electric shock, the strength of which may be readily controlled by the operator through the degree of manipulation of the machine.

A further object is to provide improved means whereby the check will be ejected to prevent a repetition of the operation of the machine by the same check.

A further object is to provide improved means whereby the circuit will be automatically rendered inactive beyond a predetermined point in the strength of the circuit.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in substantially the construction, combination and arrangev ment of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention and in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a machine of this character constructed in accordance with the principles of-this invention. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the parts shown 1n Fig. 1-. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 4-4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of the circuits.

Referring more particularly to the drawings,the numeral 10 designates a supporting plate or member upon-which'all of the parts are mounted and this'member is provided with a slot or opening 11 through which an indicating gage 12 is visible and over which gage a hand or pointer 13 is adapted to be moved by the manipulation of a handle 14, 1n a manner to be hereinafter described,

and which handle 14 is arranged on the outside of the plate. Supported in any suitable manner and adjacent the rear of the plate 10 is a magnetic core 15 over which a sleeve 16 operates and this sleeve 16 is adapted to be moved lengthwise of the core to vary the magnetic field, through the medium of a bell cranklever 17, pivotally mounted as at 18, one end of the lever on one side of the pivot being connected by means of a link 19 with the sleeve 16, while the other end of the bell crank lever is connected by means of a link 20 to an arm 21, which in turn is connected with the handle 14. The connection between the link 20 and the arm 21 is preferably a pin and slot connection 22, 23 to permit the handle 14 and the arm 21 to be moved a short distance before the arm 21 operates upon the link 20 to rock the bell crank lever 17 Thus it will be seen that when the handle 14 is moved, the sleeve 16 will be moved longitudinally of the core 15 and this movement will vary the magnetic field. The pointer 13 is also connected with the bell crank 17 so that as the sleeve 16 is adjusted, the pointer 13 will be correspondingly moved over the graduations 12to indicate the strength of the current. An elastic member 24 is provided and may be connected with the pointer 13 and also anchored to a fixed support, so that when the handle 14 is moved in one direction to shift the pointer 13, a stress will be exerted upon the elastic member 24, so that when the handle 14 is released, the elastic member will tend to move the pointer back to zero position and also assist in shifting the sleeve 16.

The core 15 is provided with a primary winding 25, one extremity of which winding is secured to a binding post 26, while the other extremity of the winding is-secured to a binding post 27 and the binding post 26 is connected to one side of a battery 28 by means of a conductor 29. A vibrator 30 is provided adjacent the end of the core 15 and an adjustable platinum point 31 c06perates with the vibrator. This platinum point 31 is connected by means of a conductor 32 with the other side of the battery 28. A secondary winding 33surrounds the primary winding 25 and one end of the secondary winding .15 glmected by means of a connectedwith and insulated from "the plate 10.

The'other end of the secondary-windingis connected with the binding post 27 to which one end of the primary; winding 25 is also connected with a metallic bracket 39 which in turn is .sec'uredr'to: the plate 10 and -zthe :1 V handle 14 being mounted uponthe p1ate 10ns also included within the circuit." 1

T he-p 1ate 10' is provided with a, coin ,receiving slot 40 through which ajfcoinfmay be deposited into a coin receiver{41,being'de- 'liveredto the receiver 41 by ijneans. of a, v

1 check from the [seat '41. The, member. 44 is ,-.alsoprovidedlwith a recess, ,or ciitout portion chute 42, arranged adjaCentQthe opening, 40.

' The receiver 41 is provided withla "recess".

' or cutout )or'tion 43 throu lrwliicha orpass; between the vtio'n of a, pivotally-mounted shiftablefione tact 44 -is adapted towpass whenthe handle '14 is'operatedfand when thereisnocheck seated in the check seat.

--bers 38, whenahe {member '44. is shiftedl-Lin one direction against the. stress of, anfel'astic member] 46: and which elastic memberrtends to movefthe element'44 in the opposite direction when theliandle isrel'easedorthe check di'scharged in a-manner, to,;b e set forthz A stop 7 47 may. be provided for limiting; the movementof. the member. v44 ,under the .in "fl'ue'nce ofv'the elastic member 46.

WVhenthe member 44 isshifted to, a position Tthatfthe member .will pass between and have' engagement with the spring contacts 38, the circuit throughtthe coils will becomplted and the core 15 will be energized. "(The circuitapasses frOmQthe-battervQS throngh the conductor 29,.t0, the ,binding s post.';26, thence through the primary wind- .ing25 to thebinding post 2 7,thence through V,

the conductor 37, contact 38,, element 4 4," supporting, plate 10, bracket 39, through the vibrator 30,.platinump0intl 31, conductor 32 back to the vbatteryQQS.

, Atthe same time .a .circuitwill be establishedflfrom the. bindingpost. 27 through the secondary :Win dingH33, conductor 34,.fhandle 35, throngh the: ground to, the handle 14,

The contact: member. 44. is. adaptedrto be .s hif ted by means of;thecheck when itis depositedjin fthe checkreCeptacle 41, as, the

contact. with ltheHelement =44 andI shift the ewe-dense P' r ia these s:

abe manifest thatqthe slightestkmoyem nt-otthehandle 14 after, a, A v tbfl nodposited ,in the} seat 4l.-,w;ill, result in p a I v ,bei; s44is adaptedflo mpye. 7 check, when; the handle jl4his tmoved, will being connected with the lever 17 will also vided for assisting in returning the c eck lfQC pt jClei 41 and'ithejghandlez lii i nnect d n d g f om th s b d ng post 27 is a conductor 37 which is connected with spaced contacts 38. Thevibrator fiO i's face, [it will successively, pass [behind the shoulders 5,0, and J these shoulders; operate, when the handle. 14 releasedgto eject {the 51 opening, tliroughjthe; same, face ithereof and'this recess i'sj fa'dapted to receive: the edge Of tllQ eheck tq permit the. winter me be shifted by the. than member-'46,, and, th re? by; move the member, 44 out of; enga ge llr .The shiftable contact 44 is :p'iv'otally mountedi'asf-at 45 and is preferahly in the, form of a knife switch. which.isadapted'to spaced spring, contact mem- V,

or .e] ectricalf .connection with the spring iconfofft'heiieheck; has; enema g the Qreees's ,sl an .willIb e' ejected: from the-, seat llgland the handle. will be. .retnrnedto its norm 'al upsitionbvmeansof'the.elast ctmembetf49r i this improved construction it igill et 'ee checklists the r ejection Qofz the. ,cheek ,from the j'check seat," and, ,it (will be fnrther manifest'; that when the; handle l4jai1dgthe pointer l3;ha ve a;-h e 1. -;s1iif e to;- hei ext eme tpo i iqlleai nvhifiih I v v v be fdifspensedtltl fe gnlember, vill, be, automati'ct11y;,shiaea by ,the; elastic; member, 46

- an nn enema en f h eby i eve Alum-y thell SB tHgthbf the acurrent Will fibviously any number of windihg of"=the 1., 'AgQmachine, the character; described tembodying an ,electric'; cirenit ja; shi-ftable the 'sameftimethe shiftingof thehflmlle 14 I I i i will shift. the sleeve 16 over: the: windings .to .vary the magnetic field, as, will be} ,under- ,s'to'od, andlfthe sleeve willlbef ,shifted over, the

tll nneluded in th :circ i .aamagnetic ll-t so 1nelucle1 i z e circuit -rcheck? i nniake andgbrea-k device for the cirprimary 7 and sec,ondarj v coilsj may} be i pro- .vided wbu' in p1 ae ice;a yr atisfa t y ir 1siilts; l -ave been ht inedg with-tw layers of 1windi gs -,,or- Lthe -,-,primary =ejoil and-four slayer-slot windings for the secondary .QOil.

If desired? I and in i o'rder to; {insurethe, I proper pos tioning 50f the mernber-44 ben h eh ng's ontaets e3 a g i1 352 ay into and out of engagement therewith, means tending normally to move the shiftable contact in a direction to render the circuit inactive, a check seat shiftable in one direction to move the check into engagement with the shiftable contact to shiftthe latter to render the circuit active, means whereby the first recited means will shift the contact at a predetermined point in the forward movement of the check in the check seat, and means whereby a retrograde movement of the check seat will shift the check with relation to its seat to render the circuit inactive.

2. A machine of the character described embodying an electric circuit, a shiftable handle included in the circuit, a magnetic coil also included in the circuit, a check controlled make and break device for the circuit, said make and break device embodying a fixed contact, a shiftable contact movable into and out of engagement therewith, means tending normally to move the shiftable contact in a direction to render the circuit inactive, a check seat shiftable in one direction to move the check into engagement with the shiftable contact to shift and hold the latter in engagement with the fixed contact, said shiftable contact movable out of engagement with the fixed contact when the check is shifted with respect to its seat, means whereby a retrograde movement of the check seat from any position to which it has been advanced will shift the check with relation to its seat to render the circuit inactive, and means whereby the movable contact may be moved out of engagement with the fixed contact when the check is in the seat.

3. A device of the character described embodying an electric circuit, a magnetic coil included in the circuit, means for varying the strength of the field of said coil, a make and break device for controlling the circuit, said make and break device embodying a fixed and a shiftable contact movable into and out of engagement therewith, means tending normally to separate said contacts, said shiftable contact being provided with spaced projections on one face, a check seat, means for moving the said seat to cause the check to successively move over the said projections, means for varying the strength of the said circuit, and means for rendering the circuit inactive while the check is in said seat.

4. A device of the character described em bodying an electric circuit, a shiftable handle, a check controlled make and break clevice for the circuit and embodying cooperating contacts one of which is shiftable with respect to the other, a shiftable check seat, means for shifting the seat to move the check into engagement with one of the contacts to move the latter into operative position with the other contact, means responsive to the movement of the check for varying the strength of said circuit, and means whereby the circuit will be rendered inactive at a predetermined point in its strength and while the check is still in its seat.

5. A device of the character described embodying an electric circuit, a shiftable handle, a check controlled make and break device for the circuit and embodying cooperating contacts one of which is shiftable with respect to the other, a shiftable check seat, means for shifting the seat to move the check into engagement with one of the contacts to move the latter into operative position with the other contact, means responsive to the movement of the check for varying the strength of said circuit, means whereby the check will be ejected from its seat upon a retrograde movement of the seat, and means whereby the circuit will be rendered inactive at a predetermined point in its strength and while the check is still in its seat.

6, A device of the character described embodying an electric circuit, a magnetic coil included in the circuit, means for varying the strength of the field of said coil, a make and break device for controlling the circuit, said make and break device embodying a fixed contact and a shiftable contact movable into and out of engagement therewith, means tending normally to separate said contacts, said shiftable contact being pro vided with spaced projections on one face, a check seat, and means for moving the said seat to cause the check to successively move over said projections to shift and hold the movable contact in engagement with the fixed contact, said projections operating to eject the check upon a retrograde movement of the check seat to permit the movable contact to be shifted to render the circuit inactive, and provisions whereby the movable contact may be shifted while the check is still in the seat, to render the circuit inactive.

7. A device of the character described embodying an electric circuit, a magnetic coil included in the circuit, means for varying the strength of the field of said coil, a make and break device for controlling the circuit,

said make and break device embodying a fixed contact and a shiftable contact movable into and out of engagement therewith, means tending normally to separate said contacts, said shiftable contact being provided with spaced projections on one face, a check seat, and means for moving the said seat to cause the check to successively move other said projections to shift and hold the movable contact in engagement with the fixed contact, said projections operating to eject the check upon a retrograde movement of the check seat, to permit the movable contact to be shifted to render the circuit inacnames to this specification, in the presence of V tive, and provisions whereby the movable two subscribing Witnesses, on this 19th day 1 contact may be shifted While the check is of July, A. D. 1916.

' still in theseat, to render the circuit inac- ALFRED D. ANTOINE; ti-ve, the said provisions embodying a out FLOYD BLACK.

away portion in the shi'ftable contact to re- Witnesses: ceive the edge of the check. 7 E. L. WJLLIAMSON, 'In testimony whereof We have signed our I GERTRUDE PUNDT.

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